Mr. LEICESTER HARMSWORTHasked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the lateness in arrival of the afternoon train at Wick preventing a proper evening delivery of the letters arriving by this train, he can see his way to authorise a special late evening delivery?
Mr. PEASEA delivery of letters is made in the Wick town area after the arrival of the afternoon train. Its late arrival makes an evening delivery in the rural area for the most part impracticable, and the expenditure already-incurred in relation to the revenue yielded is clearly too considerable to admit of any increase.